Luis Montenegro, in an interview with SIC Notícias, claims that Joaquim Pinto Monteiro “even today” will resign from his position in the parliamentary bench and from the post of chairman of the parliamentary committee for the revision of the constitution after he became the object of house searches as part of Operation Whirlwind.
“Deputy Joaquim Pinto Moreira, an MP whom I have known very well for many years, resigns today as Vice President of the PSD Parliamentary Group and President of the Constitutional Review Committee,” Luis Montenegro said in an interview. with the SIC TV channel under the direction of journalist Bernardo Ferrao.
The PSD leader said the decision was agreed with Joaquim Pinto Moreira on Tuesday: “I had a conversation that day after due diligence. [judiciais] when he came to me precisely to try to understand what was going on.”
Espinho Mayor Miguel Reis (PS), an employee of the latter, and three businessmen were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of active and passive corruption, evasion, abuse of power and influence peddling in Operation Vortex, sources told Lusa. .
As part of this operation, the residence of Joaquim Pinto Moreira was also searched.
On Tuesday, the chief of staff of the Espinho Chamber, Nuno Cardoso, told Luza that “the investigation is mainly focused on the city’s operations carried out in the previous term,” a version disputed by Pinto Moreira, who led the municipality from 2009 to 2021.
Meanwhile, this Thursday, Miguel Reis resigned from his mandate as mayor of Espinho, “following the steps taken under Operation Whirlwind.”
Joaquim José Pinto Moreira was first elected as an MP in the 2022 legislative elections, becoming Vice President of the Social Democratic Bench under Joaquim Miranda Sarmento after Luis Montenegro took over as SDP President.
Pinto Moreira was recently appointed by the PSD to chair the Constitutional Review Commission, which took office on 4 January.
Pinto Moreira was one of Montenegro’s main supporters in its rise to leadership, being one of the few prominent militants present when, in January 2019, he called on then-president Rui Rio to make the first direct calls.
Author: morning Post and Portuguese
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